Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Quarterly Labour Force Survey, October - December, 2012

Variable Details

VariableSELF1
LabelSelf-employed status 1
Question text May I just check, are you/were you... paid a salary or wage by an employment agency, a sole director of your own limited business, running a business or professional practice, a partner in a business or professional practice, working for yourself, a sub-contractor, or doing free-lance work? Response 1
Responses
1 Paid salary or wage by employment agency 874
2 Sole director of owm ltd business 607
3 Running a business or prof practice 1354
4 Partner in business or prof practice 916
5 Working for self 4360
6 Sub contractor 439
7 Free lance work 287
8 None of above 175
-9 Does not apply 89451
-8 No answer 2
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationQuarterly Labour Force Survey, October - December, 2012
Interviewer InstructionsCode all that apply (up to 4).
UniverseAll persons normally resident in private households in Great Britain and (from 1994) Northern Ireland.;Households;National
SamplingSimple random sample;Four sampling frames are used. See documentation for details.
Study TypeRepeated cross-sectional study; Data are collected quarterly